EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car CITROEN “C3, DS3” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1627/12
Summary
null The battery earth cable at the gearbox could break causing the engine to stop. If this occurs whilst the car is in motion, it could cause an accident.
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Product
Passenger car — CITROEN
- Brand
- CITROEN
- Name / model
- C3, DS3 · EC type approval:C3:e2*2007/46*0003*00, e2*2007/46*0003*08, e2*2007/46*0003*09 DS3:e2*2007/46*0003*01, e2*2007/46*0003*08, e2*2007/46*0003*09
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car.
- Production dates: The recall concerns vehicles produced from 06/010/2009 to 30/11/2011 (C3) and from 16/11/2009 to 30/06/2011 (DS3).VINs:C3: from VF7SC8FP09A152557 to VF7SC8FP0BW564316DS3: from VF7SA8FR09W500782 t.....
What is the risk?
- null The battery earth cable at the gearbox could break causing the engine to stop. If this occurs whilst the car is in motion, it could cause an accident.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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